College Guide

Rankings

Below are the Washington Monthly's 2010 baccalaureate college rankings. We rate schools based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country). For an explanation of each category, click here. For more information about the overall goals of the rankings, click here. To learn more about our methodology, click here.

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		Overall Score	Students receiving Pell grants	Predicted grad rate Actual grad rate Rank			Research expenditures, in millions Rank		Bachelor's to PhD rank	Peace Corps Rank	ROTC Rank	Federal work-study funds spent on service Rank		Community service participation and hours served Rank	Service staff, courses and financial aid support Rank
1	Bard Col. at Simon's Rock (MA)	100	24%	71%	73%	141	$0.00	23	1	1	141	50%	6	82	81
2	Northwestern College (IA)	91	31%	58%	60%	134	$0.00	23	8	4	141	18%	90	21	5
3	Taylor University (IN)	86	18%	66%	78%	48	$0.00	23	9	6	141	10%	197	8	30
4	Cooper Union (NY)	79	15%	81%	86%	103	$0.17	22	2	97	103	27%	39	82	81
5	Messiah College (PA)	77	17%	62%	77%	26	$0.00	23	29	10	64	8%	226	9	2
6	Augustana College (SD)	76	21%	61%	68%	91	$0.81	17	3	38	101	21%	75	82	81
7	Claflin University (SC)	73	72%	34%	51%	16	$0.93	15	116	97	39	13%	140	23	29
8	Elmira College (NY)	72	22%	58%	61%	123	$0.00	23	22	14	12	7%	279	11	25
9	Trinity Christian College (IL)	72	70%	45%	59%	33	$0.00	23	98	32	141	7%	278	62	14
10	Benedict College (SC)	69	76%	19%	29%	63	$1.60	14	176	97	25	12%	161	17	11
11	Elizabeth City State U. (NC)*	69	66%	28%	43%	23	$1.89	12	105	97	13	23%	54	78	75
12	College of St. Mary (NE)	67	65%	38%	62%	9	$0.00	23	180	97	141	27%	41	37	10
13	Loras College (IA)	66	27%	55%	60%	111	$0.00	23	16	16	129	16%	105	19	15
14	Manchester College (IN)	66	33%	49%	56%	82	$0.00	23	14	9	141	8%	234	20	37
15	Concordia University (NE)	65	28%	57%	62%	104	$0.00	23	6	97	22	17%	96	82	81
16	Unity College (ME)	63	38%	49%	46%	178	$0.00	23	180	2	141	10%	189	6	8
17	Mars Hill College (NC)	63	46%	41%	38%	177	$0.00	23	36	57	120	33%	20	10	18
18	Midland Lutheran College (NE)	62	39%	43%	55%	49	$0.00	23	23	5	35	16%	111	82	81
19	Franklin College (IN)	61	27%	49%	56%	86	$0.00	23	121	21	117	36%	16	16	7
20	College of the Ozarks (MO)	61	56%	46%	58%	50	$0.00	23	62	97	67	3%	293	18	43
21	Tuskegee University (AL)	60	20%	42%	46%	119	$14.33	1	33	85	5	10%	182	82	81
22	Culver-Stockton College (MO)	60	48%	45%	53%	78	$0.00	23	24	97	141	39%	12	45	81
23	Florida Southern College	59	24%	54%	52%	169	$0.00	23	59	82	9	30%	27	36	20
24	Ohio Northern University	59	20%	63%	74%	53	$0.00	23	21	30	69	12%	156	26	74
25	Quincy University (IL)	59	56%	45%	52%	84	$0.00	23	17	97	141	29%	37	82	81
26	Defiance College (OH)	57	38%	47%	58%	52	$0.00	23	140	97	141	7%	262	3	4
27	Erskine College (SC)	56	23%	55%	58%	129	$0.00	23	4	97	87	12%	159	82	81
28	Eastern Nazarene College (MA)	56	26%	48%	61%	39	$0.00	23	25	11	97	40%	10	82	81
29	Central State University (OH)*	56	72%	24%	28%	116	$2.32	10	111	97	34	7%	255	82	81
30	Univ. of Maine, Farmington*	56	39%	46%	59%	38	$0.00	23	56	13	133	34%	19	82	81
31	Ouachita Baptist Univ. (AR)	55	20%	58%	60%	140	$0.00	23	51	71	28	15%	114	13	35
32	Univ. of Arkansas, Pine Bluff*	55	57%	25%	28%	122	$5.83	2	117	97	16	12%	162	82	81
33	Buena Vista University (IA)	55	39%	48%	61%	41	$0.00	23	50	51	76	7%	281	64	21
34	U. of the Cumberlands (KY)	54	47%	42%	37%	202	$0.00	23	123	97	4	10%	185	47	28
35	Marietta College (OH)	53	28%	54%	63%	66	$0.00	23	71	69	141	17%	99	14	34
36	Wiley College (TX)	53	99%	18%	27%	71	$0.00	23	102	97	141	10%	201	82	81
37	Adrian College (MI)	53	29%	53%	50%	187	$0.00	23	26	97	92	79%	1	82	81
38	Keuka College (NY)	52	36%	41%	52%	51	$0.00	23	164	97	141	40%	11	5	24
39	Kentucky State University*	52	57%	28%	26%	173	$3.55	7	137	97	99	15%	122	34	73
40	Wilmington College (OH)	52	41%	45%	55%	58	$0.00	23	53	97	141	11%	171	41	16
41	Huntington University (IN)	51	24%	51%	60%	74	$0.00	23	73	8	141	30%	30	42	70
42	Shaw University (NC)	51	71%	19%	28%	72	$1.83	13	135	97	58	12%	163	81	64
43	Lebanon Valley College (PA)	51	22%	58%	68%	57	$0.00	23	12	39	102	9%	212	82	81
44	Dordt College (IA)	51	26%	59%	69%	60	$0.00	23	19	63	141	18%	91	82	81
45	U. of Pittsburgh, Johnstown*	50	28%	49%	62%	35	$0.00	23	30	88	138	15%	120	66	31
46	Covenant College (GA)	50	24%	60%	65%	112	$0.00	23	37	12	66	12%	153	82	81
47	Voorhees College (SC)	50	87%	15%	28%	43	$0.00	23	180	97	6	0%	297	82	81
48	St. Augustine's College (NC)	49	75%	19%	8%	263	$0.00	23	162	97	7	7%	265	22	26
49	Brescia University (KY)	49	31%	45%	41%	191	$0.00	23	5	97	141	10%	194	82	81
50	Black Hills State University (SD)*	49	36%	44%	31%	277	$2.94	8	70	89	30	12%	157	73	76
51	Ohio Valley University (WV)	49	67%	40%	65%	6	$0.00	23	180	97	141	7%	257	82	81
52	Lenoir-Rhyne University (NC)	49	27%	49%	54%	110	$0.00	23	44	97	90	9%	219	7	36
53	MacMurray College (IL)	49	54%	39%	49%	61	$0.00	23	54	97	141	29%	36	82	81
54	Milwaukee Sch. of Engineering	49	19%	63%	55%	232	$3.74	6	101	97	55	19%	83	82	81
55	University of Dubuque (IA)	49	21%	47%	43%	190	$0.00	23	92	61	3	13%	139	50	17
56	North Carolina Wesleyan College	48	59%	26%	61%	1	$0.00	23	104	97	49	9%	208	82	81
57	Winston-Salem State U. (NC)*	48	55%	32%	39%	89	$2.09	11	165	97	57	8%	238	67	78
58	Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott (AZ)	48	21%	58%	56%	171	$0.00	23	115	18	2	10%	180	82	81
59	Newberry College (SC)	48	35%	45%	40%	203	$0.00	23	180	44	15	12%	160	31	6
60	Cedarville University (OH)	47	22%	62%	67%	113	$0.00	23	61	70	19	14%	128	82	81
61	Penn. State U., Penn. State Dubois*	47	46%	39%	64%	7	$0.00	23	180	97	141	22%	58	56	32
62	Wilson College (PA)	46	23%	48%	62%	29	$0.00	23	32	31	141	30%	31	82	81
63	Marian College (IN)	46	35%	48%	45%	176	$0.00	23	144	80	75	14%	124	4	33
64	Elizabethtown College (PA)	46	15%	59%	70%	56	$0.00	23	75	49	141	7%	276	15	59
65	Rocky Mountain College (MT)	46	36%	39%	58%	12	$0.00	23	126	7	141	22%	72	82	81
66	McMurry University (TX)	45	46%	40%	41%	148	$0.00	23	76	34	141	37%	13	82	81
67	Notre Dame College of Ohio	45	44%	39%	56%	18	$0.00	23	163	67	127	30%	28	71	62
68	St. Joseph's Col. New York	44	45%	40%	74%	2	$0.00	23	149	97	112	12%	151	82	81
69	Mount Mercy College (IA)	44	29%	50%	61%	55	$0.00	23	103	97	141	7%	280	29	19
70	Blue Mountain College (MS)	44	35%	42%	56%	34	$0.00	23	11	97	141	0%	297	82	81
71	Oklahoma Baptist University	44	23%	55%	59%	115	$0.00	23	28	20	141	13%	144	82	81
72	Langston University (OK)*	44	66%	23%	16%	219	$4.41	4	154	97	137	13%	143	82	81
73	Missouri Western State University*	43	42%	41%	29%	273	$0.00	23	125	77	40	8%	230	1	52
74	McKendree University (IL)	43	34%	48%	67%	11	$0.00	23	119	97	135	9%	222	51	56
75	Geneva College (PA)	43	31%	52%	59%	90	$0.00	23	18	97	141	10%	196	82	81
76	Briar Cliff University (IA)	43	48%	45%	54%	70	$0.00	23	107	46	111	8%	249	82	81
77	Blackburn College (IL)	43	42%	48%	41%	215	$0.00	23	27	25	141	4%	292	82	81
78	Bethune-Cookman University (FL)	43	66%	35%	41%	99	$0.00	23	141	97	33	8%	248	82	81
79	Coker College (SC)	43	52%	43%	59%	21	$0.00	23	180	97	141	17%	95	80	67
80	CUNY, York College (NY)*	42	63%	29%	23%	208	$2.55	9	179	97	136	10%	190	82	81
81	Martin Methodist College (TN)	42	49%	40%	51%	54	$0.00	23	180	97	141	12%	149	48	22
82	John Brown University (AR)	42	20%	60%	68%	79	$0.00	23	90	19	44	10%	181	82	81
83	University of the Ozarks (AR)	42	30%	52%	42%	254	$0.00	23	15	29	141	11%	173	82	81
84	Iowa Wesleyan College	42	43%	41%	23%	292	$0.00	23	47	97	141	23%	52	25	23
85	Philander Smith College (AR)	42	82%	23%	20%	185	$0.00	23	124	97	141	20%	77	82	81
86	Free Will Baptist Bible College (TN)	41	49%	43%	70%	3	$0.00	23	180	97	46	0%	297	82	81
87	Grace Col. and Seminary (IN)	41	25%	53%	54%	144	$0.00	23	31	28	141	13%	134	82	81
88	University of Sioux Falls (SD)	41	23%	53%	50%	180	$0.00	23	35	24	141	29%	33	82	81
89	Chadron State College (NE)*	41	35%	49%	49%	157	$0.00	23	69	83	27	21%	74	82	81
90	Howard Payne University (TX)	41	37%	45%	41%	196	$0.00	23	96	97	141	48%	8	46	81
91	Bluffton University (OH)	40	32%	50%	62%	44	$0.00	23	38	97	141	9%	205	82	81
92	Southern Arkansas University*	40	47%	42%	31%	266	$0.00	23	175	97	141	23%	56	2	68
93	Penn. State U., Penn. State Erie, Behrend Col.*	40	26%	52%	64%	45	$0.00	23	77	97	41	22%	58	82	81
94	Catawba College (NC)	40	31%	52%	40%	274	$0.00	23	87	56	119	29%	35	53	51
95	Clearwater Christian College (FL)	40	37%	49%	44%	200	$0.00	23	180	97	8	31%	24	82	81
96	Alderson-Broaddus Col. (WV)	40	48%	43%	48%	108	$0.00	23	55	97	141	7%	264	82	81
97	Mont. Tech of the U. of Mont.*	40	26%	57%	38%	293	$5.54	3	97	97	141	9%	202	82	81
98	Johnson & Wales University, Florida Campus	39	52%	36%	48%	46	$0.00	23	180	97	141	19%	80	49	63
99	College of Our Lady of the Elms (MA)	39	30%	43%	69%	4	$0.00	23	63	97	108	11%	170	82	81
100	Milligan College (TN)	39	24%	53%	66%	36	$0.00	23	42	97	141	15%	116	82	81

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